Safety-pin.



PATBNTED JUNE 19,1906.

J. 0. TRA'ILL. SAFETY PIN. APPLICATION 'IILED JUNE 26, 1905.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN- OU'lHBERT. RAILnoF MA VERN, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA;

i SAFETYl-PIN'.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. June 26, 19 305.Serial No- 267,066.

Patented June 19, 1906.

To alZ whoml it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN CUTHBERT TRAIL'L,a subject of the King of Great Brit am and Ireland, residing at Malvern,in the county of Bourke, State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety- Pins, ofwhich the following is a specification.

' I The object of my invention is to provide an ment and when attacheddid not form aregu lar plait. With my invention a pin is produced whichovercomes these defects, is cheap in first cost, is simple and efiectivein operation, and its construction is suchthat the heavier the curtainsuspended by the pin the more securely the free ends of the pin remainwithin their socket. In addition to this a plait may be formed of anywidth, and

' the folds forming the plait may be coupled wherever desired. A curtainsuspended by my improved pins has a more graceful appearance, inasmuch'as the weight of the curtain drags the outer or spring ends of the pindownwardly, andthe said outer ends as they droop a little carry portionsof the plait with them, which gives the'draping the desired effect; butin order that my invention may be better understood I will now refer tothe accompanying sheet of drawings, which are to be taken as part ofthis specification and read herewith.

Fi ure 1 is a blank of flexible wire from whic my pin is formed. Theends are, as seen, sharpened. Fig: 2 is the same blank with the bay orpocket formed therein. Fig. 3 shows the pin partially formed. Fig. 4 isa view of the manufactured pin. Fig. 5 is the back view of portion of acurtain, showing two of my pins in use. The suspendinghooks can beclearly seen. Fig. 6 is a front view of a pin with a modification. Fig.7 is a section through the line X X, Fig. 6, showing clearly themodification. Fig. 8 is another 3 legs G and G.

verse section on line 8 8, Fig. 5.

Slmilar letters of reference indicate slmilar or corresponding'partswhere they occur in the several views.

My. inventionincludes a blank of flexible i Wire A. This has its twoends B reduced or pointed in any well-known Way, so as to form adouble-ended pin. The said blankA has formed on its center a bay orpocket'C. This is formed by any suitable means, and when the pin iscompleted this bay forms the socket hereinafter mentioned. 'From thisbay the wire is inclined slightly outwardly and then downwardly. Thisforms the socket D.

Each end of the Wire is then bent upwardly, forming the sides, (markedE.) They are next turned toward one another and cross at the pointmarked F in the drawings. The said7 5 ends are continued outwardly fromeach otherto a convenient distance and form the extended determines thesize or length of the pin. The said legs are then bent to form acomplete turn. The bending is continued until the wire has completed oneturn and a half, thus forming at each end a spring H. The ends of thewire are (then continue inwardly and, form the free legs J and J.

other when they are in position in socket D. My pin is, now complete andready for use. When it is desired to fasten the pin, the ends 'of thefree legs J and J are sprung into the 0 socket D and when in thatposition are substantially parallel with the legs G and G. In amodification I may provide the said bay C with a lip K, as seen in Fig.7. This is done in order that the ends of the free legs J I members E Eare inclined toward each other and meet at the point F, so that the formof the central part of the pin is approximately triangular instead ofrectangular, as in Fig. 6. When used for suspending curtains,

drapings, and the like, a suspending-hook S is 10 5 loosely connectedaround the said pin where the wire crosses itself, as seen at F in thedrawings.

The cycle of operations for attaching my pin to curtains M, drapings, orthe like is to :10 enter one point of th'pin through a fold of the plaitof the curtain and theopposite pin modification. Fig. '9 is an enlargedtransv The distance these legs are" The 85 points B on the free legs Jand J meet each through the opposite fold of the plait. The pins areentered from the back of the cur tain, dra ing, or the like and are thusalways out of sig t. The two free legs of the pin are with the fingerslifted into the socket. The plait can be adjusted by pulling itoutwardly or inwardly upon the free legs of the pin. The hook S is thenattached in the usual way to rings or poles from which the curtain M ordraping is to be suspended.

, When using my improved pin upon wearing-apparel, in operation it issimilar to that despiribed, except that no suspending-hook is use Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A doublesafety-pin formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form acentral pocket portion and having its extremities extended into oppositepin portions, the free ends or points of the pin portions being directedtoward the pocket portion and adapted to be engaged therewith and beclosed thereby, and the wire in each of the two pin portions being bentone and a half times to form springs H, H, at that end of the pinportion farthest removed from the pin-point, all as shown and described.

2. The herein-described double safety-pin formed of a piece of wire,bent centrally upon itself to form a closed pocket as at F, by which itcan be suspended, the legs G, G, being bent into oppositely-extendingpinportions with their free ends pointing inwardly toward the pocket, andrespectively adapted to have their points engaged therewith and closedthereby, each leg being an elongation of the side of the pocket farthestremoved from the pin-point, all substantially as de scribed.

3. The combination of a double safety-pin formed of a single piece ofwire bent upon itself to form a central pocket portion and having itsextremities extended into opposite pin portions, the free ends or pointsof the pin portions being directed toward the pocket portion and adaptedto be engaged therewith and be closed thereby, each pin portion being anelongation of the side of the pocket portion farthest removed from thepoint of the pin; with a suspending device attached to the pocketportion where the wire crosses itself substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand to this specification inthe presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CUTHBERT TRAILL.

Witnesses:

GAIL W. LE PLASTRIER, GEORGE A. UREN.

